On the occasion of the celebration of the handing over of 176 antique coins to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Arab Republic of Iraq and the People's Republic of China, the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir held an exhibition of a group of Queen "Ayahotep" ornaments from the 18th Dynasty, and a sarcophagus of Mrs. Isis Wort displayed for the first time, at the entrance The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir.
Professor Sabah Abdel Razek, Director General of the Museum, explained that the sarcophagus belonged to a woman named Isis Wort from the era of the 26th Dynasty, in addition to a group of Queen "Ayahotep" jewelry, which includes a wide necklace of gold, the end of which was decorated with a falcon's head, and a chain of gold with a scarab inlaid with lapis lazuli. One of the most beautiful pieces of jewelry from the beginning of the 18th Dynasty, in addition to a variety of bracelets made of gold, including lapis lazuli, agate, turquoise, colored glass, and other bracelets made of beads of gold and semi-precious stones. The pieces also include a mirror made of gold and bronze with a handle of cedar wood inlaid with gold, and a fan hand made of wood covered with gold and on it are scenes worshiping King Kamose.
She added that the exhibited pieces date back to the beginning of the New Kingdom, around 1550 B.C., and were found by archaeologist Mariette in the tomb of Queen "Iahhotep" in the Dra' Abu al-Naga area in Luxor in 1859.
It is noteworthy that Queen "Ayahotep" is the wife of King Seqnan Ra the Second, who started the liberation war against the Hyksos, and the mother of both King Kamose and King Ahmose, who completed the war against the Hyksos and was able to expel them from Egypt and establish the 18th dynasty.
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Mon, Dec. 12, 2022
